Authenticity Quote by James Buchan

There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an…

— Akbar Ganji

The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and…

— Azar Nafisi

The visual possibility of seeing the historical person (as opposed to the eternal Qur'anic man) on screen is arguably the single most important event…

— Hamid Dabashi

There is no need for historical research. The war didn't take place a thousand years ago. Over a million Iranians served at one time…

— Mohammad Marandi

The most important problem in Iran is that the courts have lost their independence, and they are under the influence of the Ministry of…

— Shirin Ebadi

Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide.

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

In my opinion, the continued popularity of these gross distortions of Iran in the U.S. seems to reveal more about certain aspects of America…

— Mohammad Marandi

The Iranian people have a proud past. They merit a great future.

— Condoleezza Rice

A fascinating, insightful, and new treatment from the perspective of an intimately involved former Iranian senior official on Iran's nuclear program and responses to…

— Thomas R. Pickering

“I searched modern fiction and poetry for clues to how we confronted and evaded reality, how we articulated our experience and turned to language…

— Azar Nafisi

The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.

— Salman Rushdie

Most Iranians are sick and tired of revolutions. They've had one for the last 25 years, and they don't want another one. Those who've…

— Kenneth M. Pollack